Apologies early on. I am sure this thread is on here already but I cannot seem to find it, it just gets advanced immediately. I am only just starting out in the developing Apps stakes and my principal for the app is a fairly simple , low graphic concept. All I want to do is to basically have a bank of about 2000 questions for a specific employment group who have exams in that area. A group of multiple choice questions that people pay for , that then provide the correct answer with accompanying reasoning/legislation for those answers. Yes its law based exams. The odd bit of graphics would not go amiss either. Is there any way on this earth that I could do develop/design the app myself or am I just talking rubbish. I know nothing about app developing or writing code , so I was hoping the SDK side of things might assist me. I am fairly computer literate though
Either way , sorry if this sounds like I am a green newbie who knows nothing , because I am . If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very appreciative.
There's nothing in the SDK that you can use if you don't know how to program. If you don't intend to become a programmer then you'll have to find a freelancer that will do the work for you. If you do intend to become a programmer, then check out any of the iPhone books with "beginner" in the title.
Edit: I can't say how much time it takes to learn to program; it's been a while for me. I think it takes a lifetime to be a good programmer, but plenty of software is written by ok or even bad programmers. It's not like learning to change your oil that you could learn in an evening, though.
There's nothing in the SDK that you can use if you don't know how to program. If you don't intend to become a programmer then you'll have to find a freelancer that will do the work for you. If you do intend to become a programmer, then check out any of the iPhone books with "beginner" in the title.
Thanks for your help , in your experience , is it something I can pick up quickly and will the extent of what I have proposed be achieveable in less then 30 years of reading.
Thanks for your help , in your experience , is it something I can pick up quickly and will the extent of what I have proposed be achieveable in less then 30 years of reading.
Its a good idea and I will commence tomorrow.
Cheers
Steve
30 years! Yeah you'll be an expert by then, if you meant 30 days then no, specially if you don't know any programming, you'll need to read at least three books to learn the basics of iPhone programming. Your best choice is to get someone else to do it.
Thanks for your help , in your experience , is it something I can pick up quickly and will the extent of what I have proposed be achieveable in less then 30 years of reading.
Its a good idea and I will commence tomorrow.
Cheers
Steve
Depends on the person really, If math like calculus comes easy to you then you will likely pick up coding really fast. I was always really good at math but absolutely hated it. Then I started coding and found my calling in life.
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30 years! Yeah you'll be an expert by then, if you meant 30 days then no, specially if you don't know any programming, you'll need to read at least three books to learn the basics of iPhone programming. Your best choice is to get someone else to do it.
Once again, depending on the person i think 30 days of learning is EASILY attainable for the type of app he wants to build. my first two coding languages were vb and objective c. I started learning them concurently and was building a more complex app than he described in less than a month
Apologies early on. I am sure this thread is on here already but I cannot seem to find it, it just gets advanced immediately. I am only just starting out in the developing Apps stakes and my principal for the app is a fairly simple , low graphic concept. All I want to do is to basically have a bank of about 2000 questions for a specific employment group who have exams in that area. A group of multiple choice questions that people pay for , that then provide the correct answer with accompanying reasoning/legislation for those answers. Yes its law based exams. The odd bit of graphics would not go amiss either. Is there any way on this earth that I could do develop/design the app myself or am I just talking rubbish. I know nothing about app developing or writing code , so I was hoping the SDK side of things might assist me. I am fairly computer literate though
Either way , sorry if this sounds like I am a green newbie who knows nothing , because I am . If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very appreciative.
Thanks
Steve
Steve:
Not to be a spoilsport, but this isn't what one might describe as an "entry level" programming task... if nothing else there's a ton of typing to enter the questions, the correct and misleading answers, and the legislation. AND you'll really want that info in a database of some sort so you can edit and add and change things with some ease. AND you'll want some sort of "design" for the user interface so hopefully you have some art (and photoshop/illustrator) and human interface experience. AND you'll get to learn Objective C and xCode to boot. You'll be one-in-a-million if you can figure all of that out from scratch in 30 24 hour days. Unless you have a passion for programming or suspect you might, I'd bite the bullet and find someone to do this particular job for you.
Cut you teeth on something easier--maybe a tick-tack-toe game. Seriously. You might really like this programming shtick and a simple game will get you deep into how to work with Objective C.
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Not to be a spoilsport, but this isn't what one might describe as an "entry level" programming task... if nothing else there's a ton of typing to enter the questions, the correct and misleading answers, and the legislation. AND you'll really want that info in a database of some sort so you can edit and add and change things with some ease. AND you'll want some sort of "design" for the user interface so hopefully you have some art (and photoshop/illustrator) and human interface experience. AND you'll get to learn Objective C and xCode to boot. You'll be one-in-a-million if you can figure all of that out from scratch in 30 24 hour days. Unless you have a passion for programming or suspect you might, I'd bite the bullet and find someone to do this particular job for you.
Cut you teeth on something easier--maybe a tick-tack-toe game. Seriously. You might really like this programming shtick and a simple game will get you deep into how to work with Objective C.
Thanks all for you comments. I am going to look into both options at present. Try to get my head around programming for the extent of the app that I want to make and also look into how to get a programmer to do it for me . That is also a bit of a minefield trying to find the best one as its not an area I am aquainted with. i.e. - Who to choose , what to base my choice on etc. Its all a learning curve and a steep one by the looks of it .
Thanks all for your responses , if you want to give any other pointers ,like books to read then that would be excellent
Sorry if its been asked a million times already..
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